Labour

EllisDon unveils trans guide, readies for Pride Month

Pride Month will be felt more viscerally by some in the Canadian construction se...

Labour June 6, 2025

National Indigenous History Month: Celebrating construction successes, acknowledging the road ahead

OTTAWA — June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, which is a time to...

Labour June 4, 2025

Strike continues for WSIB workers

TORONTO — The union representing workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance B...

Labour June 3, 2025

Pride Month: A retrospective glance at the construction industry’s progress

TORONTO — Each summer, June kicks off a variety of initiatives and events for 2S...

Labour June 2, 2025

Quebec residential construction workers have walked off the job

MONTREAL — Workers in Quebec's residential construction sector are now on strike...

Labour May 28, 2025

STRIKE UPDATE: WSIB, OCEU back at the bargaining table

TORONTO — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has confirmed the Onta...

Labour May 28, 2025

Ontario to make training centre exemptions to speed up workforce development

RICHMOND HILL, ONT. — The Ontario government will soon be introducing a series o...

Labour May 27, 2025

George Brown College launches AI-driven solar tech courses as it looks to the future

Toronto’s George Brown College is looking to the future, ramping up its clean-te...

Labour May 27, 2025

Strike-free ICI bargaining cycle predicted by CLRAO’s Fenelli

The head of a major construction employers association says he expects Ontario’s...

Labour May 22, 2025

UPDATE: WSIB workers to carry out rolling strikes after talks stall

TORONTO — The union representing workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance B...

Labour May 21, 2025

Newfoundland construction worker Jacob Lewis wins $1-million ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ prize

BUTLERVILLE, N.L. — Jacob Lewis, an offshore oil and gas construction worker fro...

Labour May 16, 2025

Skills Ontario competition a beehive of activity, showcasing the next generation of tradespeople

Consisting of 77 competitions and numerous conferences, the Skills Ontario Compe...

Labour May 16, 2025

LABOUR DEVELOPMENT: UA Local 46 highrise residential plumbers on strike

TORONTO - As of 12:01 a.m. this morning members of the United Association Local...

Labour , Projects May 13, 2025

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling brings IBEW Local 2067 closer to pay day

Saskatchewan’s appeal court has ruled in favour of the International Brotherhood...

Labour May 8, 2025

Painters, plumbers/steamfitters ratify Ontario ICI deals

Negotiators in Ontario’s unionized ICI sector say there’s a heightened commitmen...

Labour May 8, 2025

Ontario expanding Skills Development Fund by nearly $1 billion over three years

TORONTO — Due mainly to the uncertainty surrounding tariffs, the Ontario governm...

Labour May 7, 2025

Done deals: Carpenters’, LIUNA ratify provincial ICI contracts

Two of Ontario’s largest construction unions, the Labourers’ and the Carpenters’...

Labour May 2, 2025

Ontario’s SDF seeing results with highest apprenticeship numbers since 2016

TORONTO — It’s been four years since Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) was...

Labour May 1, 2025

Letter to the Editor: It’s not enough to close the labour gap — We need to close the skills gap

  To the Editor, As the Canadian government moves ahead its plans to buil...

Labour April 23, 2025

IBEW reaches three-year ICI deal for 6.9% raise

Ontario’s unionized ICI electrical contractors have announced a provincial deal...

Labour April 22, 2025

Party leaders make promises on job skills training

OTTAWA — The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday (April...

Labour April 16, 2025

P.E.I. Mr. Plumber owner says women ‘will change the trade, one person at a time’

Business owner Tracy Croucher doesn’t take it personally when customers ask to s...

Labour March 31, 2025

DiversiTrade’s Loney a shining example of pride in construction

When electrician Jessica Loney came out as a gender-diverse transwoman in 2019,...

Labour March 31, 2025

Union programs and strong supports drawing women to trades

Unions, with their strong sense of inclusion and programs, are drawing in more a...

Labour March 31, 2025

Tools in the Trades Boot Camp sees over 1,000 participants as campaign wraps

TORONTO – Support Ontario Youth (SOY) has announced the completion of another se...

Labour March 28, 2025

Ontario ICI negotiators approach crunch time

With five weeks to go before contracts expire in Ontario’s unionized ICI constru...

Labour March 26, 2025

More B.C. women hitting the road for roadbuilding

The BC Construction Association (BCCA) says an increasing number of women are wo...

Labour March 25, 2025

Canada’s Women of Asphalt paving the way to connections

Since rolling out in 2024, the Canadian branch of the U.S.-based Women of Asphal...

Labour March 25, 2025

Not Joe…Joette: RJC Engineers’ Decore a champion for diversity

For Joette Decore, executive principal at RJC Engineers in Edmonton, working in...

Labour March 24, 2025

Ashleigh Kaliszuk: Have camera, will travel

Ashleigh Kaliszuk, the owner/operator of Construct YEG is one of the few constru...

Labour March 21, 2025

Jessica Racovali has a solid foundation in construction, growing with Dufferin Concrete

Life and career came full circle for third generation concrete sector member Jes...

Labour March 19, 2025

EllisDon’s Slater committed to safety after switch from health care to construction

Moving from a career in the health rehabilitation field to one in construction m...

Labour March 18, 2025

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